SKÖLD, Johannes (Hannes) Evelinus

SKÖLD, Johannes (Hannes) Evelinus. Västerlövsta, Västmanland 20.9.1886 — Höör 14.9.1930. Swedish Indologist and Linguist. Son of the missionary Johan S. (in China 1885-1922), spent himself the years 4–11 in China. Matriculated in 1905 from Norrköping, studied at Göteborg (fil.kand. 1907). Worked as journalist, travelled in Eastern Europe, Hungary and Balkan, during the revolution period. Worked for the Stockholm Tidning, then in Swedish Consulate in Moscow until 1918. At the same time he continued his studies at Lund: fil.lic 1916, Ph.D. 1920 Lund. From 1920 Docent of Slavonic Languages at Lund, from 1926 Docent of Comparative IE Linguistics at Lund. In 1927 he was the only qualified applicant for the Sanskrit chair at Lund, but was rejected, apparently on political grounds, which started a polemics lasting until his early death. In 1928 in Pamir studying local Iranian languages. Married 1918 with Nancy Nilsson, at least one son.

HS was a skilled linguist, who never get a fair chance because of politics. He was pacifist (in the early 1910s in prison because of antimilitary propaganda) and active member of the labour movement. He was also known as a poet.